WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

17 January 2025

WH Smith PLC

Transactions in own shares

WH Smith PLC (the 'Company') announces the purchase, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 January 2024, of 25,295 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 January 2025 as part of the buyback programme announced on 23 September 2024 (the 'Programme').

The Company intends to cancel these shares.

Since the announcement of the programme (the 'Programme'), the Company has purchased a total of 1,208,629 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,708,305 shares in issue . This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine  if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases referred to above.

Schedule of purchases

Shares purchased:

WH Smith PLC (ISIN: GB00B2PDGW16)

Date of purchases:

17 January 2025

Investment firm:

Barclays

Aggregate information

Venue

Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased

Volume-weighted average price per share

Lowest price per share

Highest price per share

London Stock Exchange

25,295

11.9570

11.8700

11.9800

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is set out below.

Transaction Time

Time Zone

Volume

Price

Currency

Platform Code

Transaction reference number

08:02:37

GMT

187

11.93

GBP

XLON

606162116882532468

08:02:37

GMT

205

11.93

GBP

XLON

606162116882532467

08:02:37

GMT

10

11.93

GBP

XLON

606162116882532471

08:02:37

GMT

451

11.93

GBP

XLON

606162116882532481

08:06:24

GMT

151

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368047052648

08:06:24

GMT

191

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368047052649

08:06:38

GMT

9

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368047056188

08:06:38

GMT

90

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368047056189

08:29:55

GMT

48

11.95

GBP

XLON

606162116882919077

08:29:55

GMT

53

11.95

GBP

XLON

606162116882919076

08:29:55

GMT

75

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368047402393

08:29:55

GMT

103

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368047402395

08:29:55

GMT

149

11.95

GBP

XLON

606162116882919086

08:32:56

GMT

36

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116882963908

08:32:56

GMT

45

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116882963905

08:32:56

GMT

50

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116882963907

08:32:56

GMT

81

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116882963906

08:32:56

GMT

16

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368047450183

08:32:56

GMT

190

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116882963912

08:32:57

GMT

150

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368047450462

08:32:57

GMT

273

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368047450464

08:32:57

GMT

611

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368047450469

09:02:36

GMT

112

11.93

GBP

XLON

592088368047971288

09:03:29

GMT

112

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368047986974

09:03:29

GMT

112

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368047986975

09:03:29

GMT

112

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116883468608

09:03:29

GMT

112

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116883468609

09:03:29

GMT

531

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116883468607

09:03:29

GMT

120

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116883468613

09:11:55

GMT

341

11.87

GBP

XLON

592088368048133303

09:32:53

GMT

105

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116883980265

09:32:53

GMT

186

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048526778

09:32:53

GMT

332

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048526777

09:34:14

GMT

50

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048553154

09:34:14

GMT

55

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048553155

09:56:05

GMT

13

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048948306

09:56:05

GMT

39

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116884378969

09:56:05

GMT

59

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116884378970

09:56:05

GMT

85

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048948305

09:56:05

GMT

98

11.91

GBP

XLON

606162116884378968

09:56:05

GMT

127

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048948308

09:56:05

GMT

241

11.91

GBP

XLON

592088368048948307

10:18:53

GMT

108

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116884835022

10:30:29

GMT

105

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116885066434

10:34:13

GMT

9

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368049749593

10:34:13

GMT

35

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368049749594

10:34:13

GMT

105

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116885139583

10:34:13

GMT

105

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116885139584

10:34:13

GMT

332

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368049749595

10:34:15

GMT

388

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116885140258

10:34:17

GMT

55

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368049750628

10:37:40

GMT

49

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116885202916

10:37:40

GMT

55

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116885202915

11:24:56

GMT

101

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368050814286

11:24:56

GMT

101

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886151796

11:31:04

GMT

90

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886253887

11:31:04

GMT

119

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886253886

11:31:04

GMT

11

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886253888

11:41:41

GMT

42

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368051109908

11:41:41

GMT

66

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368051109909

11:41:41

GMT

108

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886432634

11:47:38

GMT

54

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886532729

11:47:38

GMT

104

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368051215114

11:54:00

GMT

110

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368051340071

11:55:03

GMT

98

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886670420

11:58:17

GMT

109

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116886728997

12:04:00

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368051527320

12:04:30

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368051536257

12:05:31

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

592088368051557959

12:05:31

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

592088368051557960

12:05:31

GMT

160

11.97

GBP

XLON

592088368051557964

12:05:31

GMT

169

11.97

GBP

XLON

592088368051557962

12:05:31

GMT

245

11.97

GBP

XLON

592088368051557963

12:05:31

GMT

368

11.97

GBP

XLON

592088368051557961

12:34:28

GMT

1

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359333

12:34:28

GMT

1

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359338

12:34:28

GMT

7

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359334

12:34:28

GMT

9

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359340

12:34:28

GMT

13

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359337

12:34:28

GMT

20

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359336

12:34:28

GMT

39

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116887359335

12:34:28

GMT

22

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368052085465

12:34:38

GMT

52

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368052088926

12:34:38

GMT

60

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368052088925

12:34:38

GMT

112

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368052088923

12:34:38

GMT

112

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368052088924

12:34:38

GMT

236

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368052088927

12:34:38

GMT

341

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368052088922

13:52:02

GMT

80

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711141

13:52:02

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711136

13:52:02

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711138

13:52:02

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896596

13:52:02

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896598

13:52:02

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896599

13:52:02

GMT

105

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896604

13:52:02

GMT

152

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711140

13:52:02

GMT

162

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711143

13:52:02

GMT

184

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896595

13:52:02

GMT

206

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896597

13:52:02

GMT

237

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896600

13:52:02

GMT

238

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896602

13:52:02

GMT

262

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896601

13:52:02

GMT

281

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711137

13:52:02

GMT

385

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116888896605

13:52:02

GMT

555

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711139

13:52:02

GMT

278

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368053711161

14:21:27

GMT

45

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368054483220

14:21:27

GMT

56

11.95

GBP

XLON

592088368054483223

14:21:33

GMT

101

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116889629031

14:21:33

GMT

101

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116889629032

14:21:33

GMT

341

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368054486880

14:28:41

GMT

228

11.92

GBP

XLON

606162116889822576

14:31:21

GMT

90

11.92

GBP

XLON

606162116889927006

14:31:21

GMT

120

11.92

GBP

XLON

606162116889927005

14:31:21

GMT

131

11.92

GBP

XLON

592088368054799728

14:41:53

GMT

107

11.94

GBP

XLON

606162116890289830

14:41:53

GMT

445

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368055181319

14:49:51

GMT

370

11.94

GBP

XLON

592088368055446488

14:52:42

GMT

11

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368055545755

14:52:42

GMT

11

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368055545756

14:52:42

GMT

73

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368055545754

14:56:58

GMT

19

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116890777073

14:56:58

GMT

150

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116890777072

15:00:15

GMT

111

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368055813518

15:02:46

GMT

99

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368055896340

15:02:46

GMT

609

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116890970902

15:02:46

GMT

441

11.96

GBP

XLON

606162116890970905

15:02:46

GMT

106

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368055896346

15:55:15

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368057602449

15:55:15

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368057602450

15:55:15

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116892594256

15:55:15

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116892594257

15:55:15

GMT

268

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368057602451

15:55:15

GMT

340

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368057602448

16:14:42

GMT

2

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239159

16:14:42

GMT

48

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202048

16:14:42

GMT

101

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239158

16:14:42

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103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239160

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239161

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239162

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239167

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202052

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202059

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202061

16:14:42

GMT

106

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202063

16:14:42

GMT

124

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202057

16:14:42

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127

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202051

16:14:42

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129

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202064

16:14:42

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134

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239157

16:14:42

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143

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239163

16:14:42

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149

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202049

16:14:42

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163

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239168

16:14:42

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190

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202055

16:14:42

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198

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202065

16:14:42

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202

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239171

16:14:42

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406

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239164

16:14:42

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457

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239170

16:14:42

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523

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202054

16:14:42

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555

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239166

16:14:42

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580

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239169

16:14:42

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34

11.98

GBP

XLON

606162116893202084

16:14:42

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138

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239182

16:14:42

GMT

103

11.98

GBP

XLON

592088368058239646

16:26:04

GMT

14

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368058684573

16:26:04

GMT

561

11.96

GBP

XLON

592088368058684572

Ends